Built by NEC in 1958, this was one of Japan’s first digital computers. It used so called parametron devices invented by Goto Eiichi and was the first Japanese computer to do floating point arithmetic. The devices utilized a switching technology similar to magnetic core that was more stable than vacuum tubes.
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Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.
-Popular Mechanics, March 1949More Tech History
The TENEX operating system is released.
The RCA COSMAC CDP 1802 becomes the first microprocessor in space on board the Voyager I spacecraft.
The Cray 1 becomes the first commercially successful vector processor.
CP/M is developed, a popular operating system for personal computers.
MIT proposes the Spatial Data Management System to DARPA.
Apple Computer is founded.
Interface Age Magazine's first issue goes on sale.
Chromemco is incorporated.
The Cromemco Dazzler is released. It's the first commercially available graphics card for microcomputers.
Vector Graphic is officially registered as a company.
The first ComputerLand computer store opens.